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Buenos Aires Shuts Gran Rivadavia Theater After Overcapacity Dance Event Sends Two to Hospitals

City inspectors opened an investigation into the organizers’ safety compliance following the evacuation of a crowd that included minors.

Overview

  • SAME treated about 20 people for heat-related issues after crowding inside the Floresta venue, and two were transported to Hospital Vélez Sarsfield and Hospital Santojanni.
  • Officials said the theater, authorized for roughly 300 people, held an estimated 700 attendees before police ordered an evacuation.
  • The event featured minors from multiple dance schools, and most affected were stabilized on site by triage teams.
  • A contracted private ambulance requested backup as cases rose, prompting SAME to deploy multiple ambulances under director Alberto Crescenti.
  • The city’s control agency imposed a preventive closure and opened an administrative probe into alleged oversale, capacity breaches, and ventilation failures, with attendees seeking refunds.